Trouser and skirt hanger



Sept- 16, 1952 c. J. sTAER 2,610,775

TRousER AND SKIRT HANGER Filed March '7, 1950 [N V EN TOR. /fnm. 5s c/. 5 rHGf/r fmeW/ywm )7l firm/Mfrs Patented Sept. 16, 1952 UNITED STATES PAT ENT l OFFICE 2,610,775 f v g' TRoUsER AND SKIRT HANGER `Charles JQ Stager, 'lroyl Ohiok y Application March 7, 1950, Serial No. 148,077 f This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to a device for holding gar,- ments such as trousers or skirts and being of the type provided with opposing clamping jaws and havingv spring means for holding the jaws in clamping position.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved garment hanger for holding garments such as trousers, skirts. and the like, said hanger being simple in construction, involving only a iew parts, and being very keasyto manipulate for placing a garment in the hanger and for releasing vthe garment therefrom;

A further object oi' the invention is to provide an improved garment hanger for supporting trousers, skirts and the like, said hanger being inexpensive to manufacture, being sturdy inv-construction, being very compact in size, and being provided with means for locking the jaw portions of the hanger in gripping positions when the hook portion of the hanger is in its upstanding position.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanyin d-rawings. wherein: s Figure 1 is a front elevational view oi an ima claims. (ci. 22a-96) proved garment hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention, saidy view show. ing a portion of a hanger rack on which thehook portion oi thegarment support is suspended, the rack being shown in crosssection. r

Figure 2 is a top plan view ofthe improved garment hanger illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken on lline 3--3 of Figure 1. y

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing the hook element of the hanger inr a down.

wardly swung position, whereby the gripping Jaws of the hanger may be released. y

Figure 5 is a perspective detail view of the hook element of the garment hanger of Figures 1 to 4.

Referring to the drawings, II and I'2 respectively designate wire rod members bent and fastened to deilne substantially' rectangular frames, involving the lower longitudinal arm I3 of the rectangular frame I I and the lower longitudinal arm I4 of the rectangular frame I2, said lower longitudinal arms being arranged parallel to and adjacent to each other, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The upper longitudinal arm oi the frame I I has laterally offset portions I5 terminating in coils I6 coiled around the upper longitudinal arm of the frame I2 so as to detlne longitudinally aligned hinges, the portion I1 of the upper arm of frame Il betweenthe upwardly and laterally inwardlyA offset with respect to the axis of saidhinges, as shown in Figuresl and 3. The intermediate portion I8 of the upper arm of the rectangular frame .I2 is downwardly Aand laterally outwardly offset with respect to the hinges. At its middle the intermediate portion I8 is formed with an upwardly deflected bend I9 and pivotally secured to said bend is the lower end of they hook member-20. The shank of the hook member is formed with' a right angle portion 2I which is adapted to engage beneath an. upwardly deiiected bend 22 formed at the middle of the intermediate portion I1, in the manner shown in Figure 3, whereby when the hook member 201s in an upstanding position, the n I right angle portion 2| locks the element I'I against rotation in either direction as long as the hook element is hooked over a hanger bar,` such as shown at 23, and carries its load. l

Encircling the end portions of the upper arm I1 of the rectangular frame l2 are respective coil springs '24, 24, the outer end of each coil spring being anchored atk 25 against the end arms of the frame I2 and vthe inner ends of said springs being secured to the upstanding elements of the hinge coil I6, I6, as shown in Figure l. The springs 24,124 thereby act to bias the lower longi` tudinal arms I3, I4 toward each other and prokvide a gripping force between said lower arms., Said lower arms are laterally outwardly bent at their intermediate portions, as shown at 26,l 2'l.A The outwardly bent portions 26 and 21 thereforev denne spaced gripping portions on each* of the arms I3, I4,` said gripping portions being located at the ends of said arms.y The respective gripping portions of the arms I3, I4 are provided with rubber cushioning sleeves 28 which serve as means for preventing creases from` being pressed into garments held between the gripping arms I3, I4.

To insert a garment between the gripping arms I3, I4. thel hook member 2U is first swung downwardly to the position shown in Figure 4, therebyv kthe gripping arms toward each other and exert a gripping force on the garment. The hook member 20 is then rotated upwardly toward the posicous being tion of Figure 3, wherein the right angle bend 2| underlies the bend 22 and locks the element l1 against rotation with respect to the remainder of the hanger, whereby the gripping jaws I3, I4 may not be separated when the hook element 20 is in said vertically rotated position. It is therefore apparent, that once a garment has been secured in the hanger and has been hung, accidental disengagement of the garment from the hanger is substantially prevented 1 and the garment'will remain in a suspended position' as' long as the garment hanger is suspended from its supporting rack.

Although a specific embodiment of a' garmentl supporting device has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit ofthe ink vention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore it is intended that no limitations'- be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope'Y of the appended claims.

What isA claimed is:

l. In a garment hanger, two longitudinally elongated'rectangular frames arranged in side by side relation, each frame comprising a first-longltudinalarm, a second longitudinal arm later# ally spaced from therst longitudinal arm, and end'arms extending between longitudinally outward'end'portions of the longitudinalarm's,A the second longitudinal arms of the frames having laterally offset intermediate portions spacedfrom the' longitudinally outward ends thereof and extending parallel to said first longitudinal arms of the frames, the offset intermediate portion of one frame being offset toward-the first longitudinal arm thereof, and the offset'interinediate portion of the other framebeingl offset away from the'irst longitudinal arm'thereof, hinge'rneans pivotally connecting the second longitudinal arms of the frames at said offsetintermediate portions between said outward end portions, spring-means mounted on the second long-itudinalarin of `one oi" the frames and having a portion tensioned against the offset intermediate portion of the other frame and urging said frames toward-each otherv so as to compress the first longitudinal arms of the frames together, and a hookl member' comprising a shank having a hook on one end -and'havingl another end, said another'Y end b'eingpivoted on the offset intermediate'portion of the other of the framesv offset away from the first-longitudinal arm, said shankhaving a por` r tion angulatedwith respect tothe axis of thev shank` for engaging the osetintermediate portion of Ithe other frame so as to lock the frames' together with their first:r longitudinal arms in compressed relation.

2. In' a` garment hanger, twol longitudinally elongated rectangular frames arranged in side by side relation, each frame comprising a first longi-` tudinal arm,` a second longitudinal arm, and-end arms extending between longitudinally loutward end portions-of the longitudinal arms, thfefsecond parallel to said rstlongitudinal armsof the frames, the offset intermedia-te portionofone framel being offset toward the first 'longitudinalarm thereof, and the offsetintermediate-portion of the' other-frame beingoffset awayv froinf the.

first-longitudinal arm thereof, hinge meanspivotally connectingthe second longitudinal'arm's 4 of the frames at said offset intermediate portions between said outward end portions, spring means mounted on the second longitudinal arm o1' one of the frames and having a portion tensioned against the offset intermediate portion of the other frame and urging said frames toward each other so as to compress the first longitudinal arms of the frames together, and a hook member comprising a shank having a hook on one end and having another end, said another end being pivoted on the offset intermediate portion of the other of the frames offset away from the first longitudinal arm, said shank having a portion angul'ated with respect to the axis of the shank forv engaging the offset intermediate portion of theother'frame so as to lock the frames together with their first longitudinal arms in compressed relation, the said offset intermediate portions being' disposed at acute angles with respect to the end arms of their frames.

garment hanger, two longitudinally elongated rectangular framesarrange'd in side by side`relation,.each fraine comprisingra first longlv tu'dlnal arm,f a secondlongitudinal arm laterally spaced from thefl'rst longitudinal arm, and end arms extending between longitudinally o'i'it'w'ard end portions of the longitudinal arms, the second longitudinal arms of the frames having laterally offset` iriteri'nediatevr portions spaced from'4 thelon'- gitudinally outward'ends thereof" and extending parallel to said first longitudinal arms of the frames', the offset intermediate' portion of one frame being' offset toward the first longitudinal arm thereof, and the'offset'intermdiate portion of the other frame being offset away from the? other so as'to compress the first longitudinal armsof the frames' together, anda hook-inem;- berroomprising a shank havinga hook on on'e'end and having another end, said another endbeing pivoted on thevoff'set'interm'edat portion of the other offthe frames offsetfaway'from the r'st longitudinal arm, said shank having aporuon' arrgulatedv with respect to the axis of the shank'i for engaging the offsetY intermediate portion of the other frame'so as to lock the frames together with their-first longitudinal arms in' compressed relation, saidspring means vcomprising a coil circumposed on the second longitudinal arm of said one frame, said coil terminating' at its oppositeends'in portions bearing in' opposite directions' against the offset intermediate portion of one frame and an end arm of the other'fr-ame.

CHARLES J. STAGER.

naissances Criss Thefollowing references are of record intheni'e primis-patenti UNITED f STATES `PA'I'ENTS Demeter- Apr. 24; 19,31fL 

